Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year
Counties Where Utilities Cost More Than Property Tax in Georgia
Property tax gets all the attention, but in much of the country the electricity and water bill is the larger line item. These are the counties where the gap is widest, using state residential electricity prices from the EIA.
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Georgia ranked
| # | County | Utilities over tax | Effective rate | Median home |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wheeler County | $196 | 0.753% | $74,600 |
| 2 | Atkinson County | $187 | 0.883% | $76,300 |
| 3 | Appling County | $185 | 0.846% | $81,400 |
| 4 | Taylor County | $181 | 0.897% | $82,900 |
| 5 | Wilcox County | $180 | 1.058% | $71,200 |
| 6 | Jenkins County | $178 | 0.958% | $81,100 |
| 7 | Randolph County | $176 | 0.880% | $90,900 |
| 8 | Wilkinson County | $176 | 0.882% | $90,800 |
| 9 | Warren County | $176 | 1.031% | $78,000 |
| 10 | Johnson County | $173 | 0.918% | $91,200 |
| 11 | Chattooga County | $172 | 0.855% | $98,700 |
| 12 | Twiggs County | $171 | 0.822% | $104,500 |
| 13 | Marion County | $171 | 0.704% | $122,100 |
| 14 | Emanuel County | $171 | 0.975% | $88,200 |
| 15 | Hancock County | $170 | 0.994% | $87,400 |
| 16 | Quitman County | $170 | 0.844% | $103,000 |
| 17 | Stewart County | $167 | 1.711% | $53,000 |
| 18 | Taliaferro County | $166 | 1.254% | $73,100 |
| 19 | Jefferson County | $166 | 0.991% | $93,100 |
| 20 | Webster County | $165 | 1.014% | $92,200 |
| 21 | Treutlen County | $164 | 0.955% | $98,400 |
| 22 | Calhoun County | $164 | 1.152% | $82,200 |
| 23 | Fannin County | $163 | 0.349% | $274,600 |
| 24 | Clay County | $162 | 1.044% | $92,500 |
| 25 | Burke County | $161 | 0.907% | $107,800 |
| 26 | Chattahoochee County | $160 | 0.990% | $99,800 |
| 27 | Cook County | $159 | 0.820% | $123,000 |
| 28 | Macon County | $158 | 1.162% | $87,000 |
| 29 | Coffee County | $158 | 0.807% | $125,700 |
| 30 | Jeff Davis County | $158 | 0.930% | $109,300 |
| 31 | Brantley County | $157 | 1.120% | $91,800 |
| 32 | Heard County | $157 | 0.640% | $161,000 |
| 33 | Dodge County | $156 | 0.954% | $108,700 |
| 34 | Dade County | $156 | 0.624% | $166,600 |
| 35 | Baker County | $156 | 0.868% | $120,100 |
| 36 | Colquitt County | $155 | 0.866% | $121,400 |
| 37 | Laurens County | $155 | 0.769% | $137,400 |
| 38 | Bacon County | $154 | 1.022% | $104,100 |
| 39 | Early County | $154 | 0.822% | $130,100 |
| 40 | Gilmer County | $153 | 0.384% | $278,900 |
| 41 | Turner County | $153 | 1.131% | $95,200 |
| 42 | Ware County | $153 | 1.011% | $106,500 |
| 43 | Charlton County | $153 | 0.908% | $119,000 |
| 44 | Echols County | $150 | 0.986% | $112,600 |
| 45 | Murray County | $150 | 0.641% | $173,300 |
| 46 | Hart County | $150 | 0.539% | $206,500 |
| 47 | Elbert County | $149 | 0.983% | $114,600 |
| 48 | Towns County | $148 | 0.365% | $311,900 |
| 49 | Berrien County | $148 | 0.989% | $115,200 |
| 50 | Montgomery County | $148 | 0.964% | $118,200 |
| 51 | Irwin County | $145 | 1.115% | $105,300 |
| 52 | Telfair County | $144 | 1.091% | $108,200 |
| 53 | Wayne County | $143 | 0.796% | $149,800 |
| 54 | Wilkes County | $143 | 1.137% | $105,000 |
| 55 | Dooly County | $143 | 1.243% | $96,400 |
| 56 | Clinch County | $142 | 1.396% | $86,300 |
| 57 | Pierce County | $142 | 0.915% | $132,100 |
| 58 | Glascock County | $142 | 0.989% | $122,800 |
| 59 | Ben Hill County | $141 | 1.061% | $114,600 |
| 60 | Crawford County | $141 | 0.842% | $144,800 |
| 61 | Worth County | $141 | 1.086% | $112,400 |
| 62 | Terrell County | $141 | 1.096% | $111,500 |
| 63 | Baldwin County | $141 | 0.742% | $164,700 |
| 64 | Toombs County | $141 | 0.962% | $127,100 |
| 65 | Franklin County | $140 | 0.767% | $160,600 |
| 66 | Tattnall County | $139 | 1.018% | $122,400 |
| 67 | Washington County | $137 | 1.097% | $115,600 |
| 68 | Polk County | $134 | 0.799% | $163,500 |
| 69 | McIntosh County | $134 | 0.753% | $173,900 |
| 70 | Pulaski County | $133 | 0.912% | $144,300 |
| 71 | McDuffie County | $133 | 0.849% | $155,100 |
| 72 | Upson County | $132 | 0.886% | $149,500 |
| 73 | Habersham County | $132 | 0.627% | $212,000 |
| 74 | Grady County | $131 | 0.979% | $136,500 |
| 75 | Whitfield County | $131 | 0.673% | $198,900 |
| 76 | Tift County | $131 | 0.936% | $143,100 |
| 77 | Mitchell County | $130 | 1.277% | $105,500 |
| 78 | Decatur County | $130 | 0.925% | $146,200 |
| 79 | Walker County | $130 | 0.778% | $173,900 |
| 80 | Schley County | $130 | 0.887% | $152,900 |
| 81 | Seminole County | $129 | 1.220% | $111,600 |
| 82 | Union County | $128 | 0.505% | $272,600 |
| 83 | Talbot County | $127 | 1.088% | $127,200 |
| 84 | Stephens County | $126 | 0.830% | $168,200 |
| 85 | Crisp County | $126 | 1.156% | $120,800 |
| 86 | Candler County | $125 | 1.041% | $135,600 |
| 87 | Carroll County | $124 | 0.624% | $227,500 |
| 88 | Bleckley County | $123 | 1.082% | $132,900 |
| 89 | Meriwether County | $123 | 0.931% | $154,600 |
| 90 | Richmond County | $123 | 0.882% | $163,300 |
| 91 | Evans County | $123 | 1.032% | $139,700 |
| 92 | Screven County | $122 | 1.181% | $122,300 |
| 93 | Lincoln County | $122 | 0.883% | $163,600 |
| 94 | Gordon County | $122 | 0.705% | $205,600 |
| 95 | Rabun County | $121 | 0.537% | $272,600 |
| 96 | Catoosa County | $120 | 0.689% | $214,200 |
| 97 | Bulloch County | $119 | 0.778% | $191,600 |
| 98 | Brooks County | $117 | 1.281% | $118,100 |
| 99 | Muscogee County | $116 | 0.837% | $182,300 |
| 100 | Thomas County | $115 | 0.825% | $185,300 |
| 101 | Floyd County | $113 | 0.804% | $194,100 |
| 102 | Banks County | $111 | 0.630% | $251,700 |
| 103 | Oglethorpe County | $110 | 0.804% | $198,700 |
| 104 | Putnam County | $109 | 0.723% | $222,000 |
| 105 | Madison County | $109 | 0.809% | $198,800 |
| 106 | Sumter County | $108 | 1.321% | $122,300 |
| 107 | Lanier County | $106 | 1.017% | $161,100 |
| 108 | Miller County | $106 | 1.386% | $118,300 |
| 109 | Lowndes County | $106 | 0.830% | $197,900 |
| 110 | Monroe County | $104 | 0.686% | $243,200 |
| 111 | Jones County | $103 | 0.958% | $174,600 |
| 112 | Glynn County | $100 | 0.638% | $268,300 |
| 113 | White County | $98 | 0.661% | $262,200 |
| 114 | Clayton County | $98 | 0.893% | $194,500 |
| 115 | Houston County | $96 | 0.856% | $205,600 |
| 116 | Haralson County | $94 | 0.849% | $210,400 |
| 117 | Dougherty County | $93 | 1.393% | $129,200 |
| 118 | Troup County | $91 | 0.972% | $187,800 |
| 119 | Bibb County | $91 | 1.101% | $165,800 |
| 120 | Rockdale County | $89 | 0.718% | $256,600 |
| 121 | Butts County | $86 | 0.828% | $227,800 |
| 122 | Spalding County | $85 | 0.965% | $196,600 |
| 123 | Liberty County | $85 | 1.053% | $180,200 |
| 124 | Bartow County | $84 | 0.725% | $262,200 |
| 125 | Lumpkin County | $84 | 0.688% | $277,200 |
| 126 | Lamar County | $84 | 0.948% | $201,400 |
| 127 | Pickens County | $83 | 0.661% | $289,600 |
| 128 | Jasper County | $80 | 0.890% | $219,700 |
| 129 | Long County | $79 | 0.997% | $196,500 |
| 130 | Douglas County | $69 | 0.793% | $262,200 |
| 131 | Peach County | $68 | 1.124% | $186,100 |
| 132 | Barrow County | $66 | 0.832% | $255,200 |
| 133 | Newton County | $65 | 0.914% | $233,300 |
| 134 | Camden County | $60 | 0.939% | $233,900 |
| 135 | Dawson County | $57 | 0.632% | $351,900 |
| 136 | Lee County | $53 | 1.002% | $226,900 |
| 137 | Greene County | $47 | 0.685% | $342,200 |
| 138 | Effingham County | $47 | 0.956% | $245,300 |
| 139 | Hall County | $44 | 0.760% | $313,600 |
| 140 | Morgan County | $43 | 0.742% | $323,100 |
| 141 | Walton County | $40 | 0.809% | $300,500 |
| 142 | Columbia County | $40 | 0.846% | $287,400 |
| 143 | Clarke County | $39 | 0.899% | $271,900 |
| 144 | Paulding County | $39 | 0.846% | $289,000 |
| 145 | Pike County | $38 | 0.924% | $265,700 |
| 146 | Chatham County | $38 | 0.901% | $273,300 |
| 147 | Harris County | $37 | 0.886% | $278,700 |
| 148 | Coweta County | $36 | 0.771% | $321,900 |
| 149 | Bryan County | $34 | 0.789% | $317,100 |
| 150 | Henry County | $30 | 0.922% | $277,400 |
| 151 | Cobb County | $29 | 0.685% | $373,700 |
| 152 | Cherokee County | $15 | 0.701% | $389,800 |
| 153 | Jackson County | $13 | 0.883% | $312,700 |
| 154 | DeKalb County | $-11 | 0.919% | $331,400 |
| 155 | Oconee County | $-12 | 0.719% | $425,100 |
| 156 | Fayette County | $-21 | 0.781% | $405,600 |
| 157 | Gwinnett County | $-39 | 0.978% | $345,700 |
| 158 | Forsyth County | $-70 | 0.759% | $493,800 |
| 159 | Fulton County | $-78 | 0.892% | $431,200 |
Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.
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